Human origins and the transition from promiscuity to pair-bonding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9923-9928

  Gavrilets, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food for mating; Self domestication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862517918     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200717109     Document Type: Article

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